All astonish synonyms
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A a verb astonish
- dumbfound — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- bewilder — If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- overwhelm — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- flabbergast — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- shock — a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
- astound — If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.
- boggle — If you say that the mind boggles at something or that something boggles the mind, you mean that it is so strange or amazing that it is difficult to imagine or understand.
- confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
- amaze — If something amazes you, it surprises you very much.
- startle — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
- daze — If someone is in a daze, they are feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because they have had a shock or surprise.
- stupefy — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stun — to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.: The blow to his jaw stunned him for a moment.
- stagger — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- bowl over — To bowl someone over means to push into them and make them fall to the ground.
- blow away — If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- knock over — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- take aback — to astonish or disconcert
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- blow one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.